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See the list of commands here.
Specifying molecule in command 'select'
The standard syntax of Rasmol select command can be used in Friend. Additionaly the syntax of the command is extended to allow selection of particular molecule:

select @molecule_index [sel_expr]

Molecules are indexed incrementally starting from zero in the order they have been loaded, i.e. first loaded molecule will have index 0. sel_expr is the standard Rasmol selection expression.
Examples:
select @0 *.CA
select @0 water
select @1 ala
This command allows you to load structure into the program by PDB-code. The usage is as follows:

pload pdbcode

The file for specified PDB-code will be downloaded from mirror PDB site at mozart.bio.neu.edu, saved into local cache, and loaded into program. Next time a user applies the command to the same PDB-code Friend will be automatically retriev corresponding file from the cache. The first chain in PDB-file will be shown in sequence alignment window. To display a different chain a user can specify chain as follows (no '|' should be put in real command):

pload pdbcode|chain

Examples:
pload 1qdl
pload 1qdlB
pload 1bxrC
Command 'movie'
This commands allows you to display successively multiple, i.e. NMR, conformations of a structures. All conformations have to be loaded from one file. To use the command mark only one sequence in sequence alignment window and type:

movie [delay] [n_loops]

where delay is delay between showing successive conformations (measured in miliseconds), and n_loops is number of times the movie has to be replayed. Both parameters are optional. The default values are 33 and 1 respectively.

Abyzov A, Errami M, Leslin CM, Ilyin VA. Friend, an integrated analytical front-end application for bioinformatics. Bioinformatics. 2005 Sep 15(18):3677-8. PubMed
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